The Light Bulb Conspiracy 2010

The untold story of Planned Obsolescence

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Documentary

Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.

Release Date 2010-11-30
Runtime 1h 15m
Director Cosima Dannoritzer
Producers Patrice Barrat, Joan Úbeda
Writer Cosima Dannoritzer